On a day when representatives of the Red Sox were on hand, Aaron Dobson provided the home-run threat.

The rookie wide receiver hauled in five passes for 130 yards – the first 100-yard game of his career – and two touchdowns, including a made-for-the-highlight-reel 81-yarder for the fourth-quarter score that put it away as the Patriots pulled away for a 55-31 win over the Pittsburgh Steelers at Gillette Stadium on Sunday.

“I’m just learning, man,” said Dobson. “I’m just getting more comfortable with the offense. I’ve still got a long way to go, but I’m just more comfortable than what I was when I first got here.”

The results speak for themselves: 18 receptions for 287 yards and three touchdowns over the past four games after 13 catches for 167 yards and one TD over his first four. (He was inactive for the season opener in Buffalo due to a hamstring injury.)

With the outcome of this game still in doubt, Dobson accounted for two fourth-quarter touchdowns, first making a back-shoulder catch on a 17-yard pass from Tom Brady to make it 34-24 with 13:46 remaining and then getting open deep with the Steelers biting on the run for the 81-yard catch-and-run that made it 48-31 with 5:15 to play.

“It feels good,” said Dobson. “It feels good that all the hard work, just having the outcome of the game like that is big. I’m going to have the confidence going into – well, we’re going into a bye week – but for my next week it just feels good.”

ROLLING INTO FOXBORO

A day after the rolling rally went through Boston, the World Series championship trophy and a few of its newfound friends made a stop in Foxboro.

Principal owner John Henry was the first of the Red Sox representatives to be introduced in pregame ceremonies.

Pitcher Jon Lester emerged from the Patriots’ tunnel carrying the trophy and brought it out to midfield for the pregame coin toss.

A couple of home games after he was a hero, hauling in a 17-yard touchdown pass from Brady with five seconds left to give his team a 30-27 victory over New Orleans, wide receiver Kenbrell Thompkins was one of the Patriots’ seven inactive players.